RandSC:

Path: SpacecraftEstimation/StellarCatalog

% Generates a random star catalog in star matrix format.
   If mVM or sVM are not input it will
   generate visual magnitudes using statistics derived from the FK5
   catalog. Visual magntiude is rounded to 2 decimal places.

   Since version 3.
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   Form:
   [starMatrix, catalog] = RandSC( n, d, mVM, sVM )
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   Inputs
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   n               (1,1)    Number of stars
   d               (1,1)    Digits accuracy
   mVM             (1,1)    Mean visual magnitude
   sVM             (1,1)    Standard deviation visual magnitude

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   Outputs
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   starMatrix      (4,:)    Catalog [VisualMagnitude;UnitVector]
   catalog         (.)      Catalog data structure
                            .vM (1,:) Visual magnitude  (rad)
                            .rA (1,:) Right Ascension  (rad)
                            .dec (1,:) Declination (rad)

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Children:

AerospaceUtils: Coord/U2RADec

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